LGBT Blog

By: Katy Osborn A well-fed employee is a happy employee. Here’s a no-brainer statistic that’s still sort of fun: full-time employees are more than 10% more likely to dig their jobs when their workplaces provide access to free food. That’s according to a new survey of more than 1,000 full-time office workers conducted by grocery-delivery…

Samantha Cooney It’s a tough climb to the c-suite — especially for women. Women make up only 4.6% of CEOs in S&P 500 companies, according to 2015 numbers from advocacy group Catalyst. Women accounted for only 3.3% of CEOs in the top 100 companies in Silicon Valley in 2014, according to numbers from Fenwick. It’s…

As the pope prepares to visit the U.S., a look at how his advice applies to the workplace By Dana Wilkie Don’t brown-nose. Know that you’re dispensable. Ditch the workplace politics. Pay women what they’re worth. That advice—for employers as well as workers—comes from none other than Pope Francis, who plans to visit the U.S.,…

Recently, a friend asked me to help her update her resume. After receiving the finished product, she sent me a very nice thank you email. The last line of her message, however, made me wince a little. It said, “Now, about the cover letter…” Cover letters are daunting because they need to be customized for…